2006 Formula 1 season thread

[habsfan]

Fuji to host Japanese Grand Prix in 2007

According to the Japanese media in 2007 the Japanese Grand Prix won't be at Suzuka, but at the Fuji Speedway. Bernie Ecclestone told Japanese media that the FOA has signed a multi-year contract with Fuji-Speedway starting in 2007.

http://www.f1racing.net/en/news.php?newsID=112092

[rage2]

I have the race with no commercials on DVD.

[gpomp]

whats the deal with tsn this year? how many races do they have?

[Alpine Autowerks]

poor Kimi...let down by an inanimate carbon rod but what a drive last to podium. sure must make JPM nervous ...wow 5th to 5th

[Alpine Autowerks]

COOL

i am looking for some Alcon brake discs for a renntech sl600 7.4 L .....ended up phoning factory in england at 7pm...a guy on the production floor picked up the phone ...they were
busy fabing some emergency new bits for the F1 Hondas for the race this weekend


wished them luck ...they said thanks

[ninjak84]

Originally posted by Alpine Autowerks
ended up phoning factory in england at 7pm...a guy on the production floor picked up the phone ...they were
busy fabing some emergency new bits for the F1 Hondas for the race this weekend

That's sweet, looks like they did a wicked job.... Button placing second on the grid, and posting up the fastest lap! Honda for the win!
Ferrari guaranteeing the win? :bullshit:

[dj_honda]

Originally posted by ninjak84


That's sweet, looks like they did a wicked job.... Button placing second on the grid, and posting up the fastest lap! Honda for the win!
Ferrari guaranteeing the win? :bullshit:

i thought it was just shumachers personal manager that gauranteed a win?

either way i agree...go honda but i also am cheering for rosberg, hes doing wicked. :thumbsup:

[/////AMG]

:thumbsup: to Rosberg.

Too bad MS didn't get bumped out on the first qualifying thingy majig, he just made.. bastard! lol

[habsfan]

should be a really interesting race. i say congrats to both fisichella and to rosberg. after his tough failure prone year last year it's kinda nice to see fisi snatch the pole. and rosberg, having never seen this track before this weekend has done a fantastic job. can't wait to watch the race :thumbsup:

[dj_honda]

last weeks race was more fun to watch. this one had everyone blowing up or retiring lol. oh well.......2 more weeks.

[habsfan]

not a bad race, but not as good as it could have been. surprised that both cosworths let go, feel bad for heidfeld who had such a strong race til his bmw motor let go too. i've also learnt something today. i enjoy watching kimi fail. as soon as he was taken out, i couldnt help but smile...i think it's the fact that he's so dull and seemingly self absorbed that just really makes me dislike him. just my opinion, but i'm sure some of you will let me know i'm wrong ;)

[eb0i]

Honda's off to a good start this year and I hope Button can keep it up. Go Honda!!!

[/////AMG]

That race wasn't so exciting.

@habsfan, kimi rocks, but he is dull.

I think the lady on the put lane talked to him, he said about 2 words and just started mumbling. One of the F1 commentators said whatever he was in his past life I hope he wasn't as dull. :rofl:

[habsfan]

^ya i had a good little laugh at that lol

[iceburns288]

I'm impressed with Massa and Rosberg so far:thumbsup:

[Alpine Autowerks]

Looks like Renault again this year :thumbsup: with an even better start than last year

Has everyone declared their favorites so others can kick sand in their eyes when their picks are walking back to the pits?

Did anybody else catch the comment from the Toyota engineer talking about an engine failure caused by a failed oil pump drive ... and calling the drive a "non-critical" part:confused:

I think Toyota's design committee overseeing the classification of parts criticality should set up a sub committee to review the list.

[habsfan]

i think the toyota team needs to be radically overhauled. you'd think that after spending the large amount of money they do on the sport just to underachieve, they would realize that the team responsible for designing/building the cars needs an overhaul.

[gpomp]

JPM, lol:

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/3716/moycar4ef2ey.jpg

[gpomp]

http://www.speedtv.com/articles/formulaone/auto/22588/

[Moonracer]

Originally posted by eb0i
Honda's off to a good start this year and I hope Button can keep it up. Go Honda!!!

:werd: Go Honda Go! :thumbsup:

[habsfan]

WMSC Ratifies 2008 F1 Regulations

The FIA's World Motor Sport Council met this Wednesday and ratified the cost-saving regulations proposed by president Max Mosley for the 2008 Formula 1 season and onwards.

The new rules promise to radically alter the face of the sport, and include measures such as engine rev limiters, standard ECUs and the radical split CDG rear wing.

http://www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/formulaone/22679/

[iceburns288]

:bullshit:

[habsfan]

The key rule changes for 2008

A freeze on engine technology, a single tyre supplier and four-race gearboxes are among the major changes to Formula One’s Sporting Regulations for 2008, as revealed by the FIA on Wednesday.

http://formula1.com/news/4146.html

[ninjak84]

Originally posted by habsfan
A freeze on engine technology

So stunt the evolution of the cars.....


Originally posted by habsfan
a single tyre supplier

and continue to minimalize variety.

Those are some stupid ways to make F1 stale through 2008 :thumbsdow Why would they make those rules?

[iceburns288]

It's back! Green flag in 30 minutes!:thumbsup: :clap:

[Team_Mclaren]

Originally posted by iceburns288
It's back! Green flag in 30 minutes!:thumbsup: :clap:

yes...

but the flames game is on!! F1... or flames.... arrrrrr picutre in picture save me!!!!

[habsfan]

this could be a big race...JV starting from the back should be interesting, and we'll see if the honda has the race pace to lead jensen to his first win

[Drew]

Originally posted by Team_Mclaren


yes...

but the flames game is on!! F1... or flames.... arrrrrr picutre in picture save me!!!!


i know!!!!! hahahaha button isn't making the first corner still in first tho

[Alpine Autowerks]

wow . what a demolition derby

[habsfan]

3rd deployment of the safety car already...

EDIT: 1 minute later, make that the 4th deployment

[Alpine Autowerks]

i wonder who JPM is going to switch to now...he left williams over a 2 cars at once pit stop hissy fit

[Team_Mclaren]

holy shit, i hate to admit it, but alonso is flying. 26.1 damnnnnn

[Team_Mclaren]

holy shitttttt

button blew up, holy shit , does it get any worse!!!:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

[Alpine Autowerks]

WOW honda must have found an old BAR spec engine for that finish

[habsfan]

what a fucked up race...4 safety cars, crashes, retirements, and button's honda ERUPTING on the last corner of the last lap....wtf

[Drew]

wow, i actually feel pretty bad for button, thats insane he was so close, you can actually see him throttle it regardless just trying to limp across the line

[Alpine Autowerks]

honda's first pole since NINETEEN FUCKING SIXTY EIGHT...to KaBOOOM

I am starting to feel bad for them

[habsfan]

i feel terrible for button, that poor guy. he's a great driver, and he's so close this year, but the cars let him down today bigtime. first with lack of grip and overall race pace, and then KABOOM right before the finish line, i know if i were in his shoes, i'd probably go find a corner to sit in and just cry lol

[habsfan]

one more reason to love F1...
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y20/habsfan905/f1hot.jpg

:hitit:

[iceburns288]

http://www.mclarenklubas.com/beta/nuotraukos/f/100.jpg
:hitit:

[Alpine Autowerks]

Originally posted by habsfan
i feel terrible for button, that poor guy. he's a great driver,

he's a good driver but not great...for example the restarts Button vs Alonso

round 1 Alonso behind ...Alonso wins

round 2 Button behind ... Alonso wins

and that was not the car it was timing

same as Kimi vs JPM

[/////AMG]

That race was insane!! I loved every minute of it. :thumbsup:

[habsfan]

you have a point with the restart thing. but also the first restart wasn't his fault really. he hit the throttle, and spun the tires. you could see it happen on tv, and by the time he got back on the gas alonso was puttin on his charge. second restart i can't explain tho.

[iceburns288]

How is him spinning the tires not his fault?

[habsfan]

^you missed the point of what i meant. yes he could/should have been more aggressive warming the tires. i meant that timing wise, there was nothing wrong with his restart, just that the tires weren't ready to stick.

[rage2]

Missed my 2nd F1 race live in 14 years, and it was a good one too!!!!!

Frickin' work. Who the hell works through the night anyways???

[Drew]

Button must of been revving the shit out his engine towards the end. Its like he didn't care that it was on fire, he just wanted to finish

[Alpine Autowerks]

Originally posted by habsfan
^you missed the point of what i meant. yes he could/should have been more aggressive warming the tires. i meant that timing wise, there was nothing wrong with his restart, just that the tires weren't ready to stick.

^OR ..you missed my point that a GREAT driver CONSISTANTLY beats his teamate - on track --not qualifing
gets past back markers easily
gets another lap from his tires
gets the jump on other drivers
blames himself not the car, or team, or the tires, or...





or gets another 1/4 mile from his engine..even if it means losing 1 point not all of them

[rage2]

Originally posted by iceburns288
http://www.mclarenklubas.com/beta/nuotraukos/f/100.jpg
:hitit:
uhh, you'd bang jv?

[Alpine Autowerks]

^^^
uhhh you didn't know Chris was gay ?

[rage2]

I guess I do now.

[iceburns288]

:(

[habsfan]

Originally posted by Alpine Autowerks
or gets another 1/4 mile from his engine..even if it means losing 1 point not all of them

it was actually his race director who told button to stop and not cross the line so he wouldn't suffer the 10 grid spot penalty for next race. ;)

but no, i didnt miss your point at all, i was referring to what iceburns had said about the tire warming not being his fault. every team save for renault had tire warming issues in that race.

[habsfan]

Gascoyne suspended by Toyota

Toyota have suspended technical director Mike Gascoyne indefinitely after what the Japanese team described as a ‘fundamental difference of opinion’.

http://formula1.com/news/4204.html

[ninjak84]

Waiting three weeks between races is brutal .... :zzz:

[RickDaTuner]

Luckily the WRC is in full swing too:thumbsup:

[iceburns288]

Kimi to Ferrari! Not official, more info later when I'm not on the phone;)

[/////AMG]

NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

[rage2]

USGP and Canadian GP in HDTV.... maybe ;).

http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=27731

Races will be recorded in HD, but broadcast side is still questionable. SpeedTV has no HD channel, but TSN does. We may be lucky enough in Canada to get both races in HDTV.

[Drew]

Originally posted by rage2
USGP and Canadian GP in HDTV.... maybe ;).

http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=27731

Races will be recorded in HD, but broadcast side is still questionable. SpeedTV has no HD channel, but TSN does. We may be lucky enough in Canada to get both races in HDTV.

sweeeeeeeet, rage your like my HD source...lovin it, the TSN races are good tho because you get the interviews with the racers...er it could be the other way around i can't remember but ya, either way its good to have 0 commercials between the two.


and kimi to ferrari......booooyaa welcome to the darkside

[Team_Mclaren]

kimi is not going to ferrari.. or yet..

[/////AMG]

No one watched qualifying or what?

The second round times were so close!!!

[habsfan]

ya i watched it, ferrari takes pole on it's private track, what a surprise.

[Team_Mclaren]

one might say... i completely forgot that theres a race this weekend! damn finals!!

[Vagabond142]

ooooo... I think a lollipop man at Honda is gonna get a tongue lashing from the team director -_- Button nearly took half the pit crew with him with that error by the lollipop man

[/////AMG]

I think they said he was the head mechanic or something, so either way he'll be pissed lol.

[habsfan]

that was just brutal by the lollipop guy. no idea why he even raised it, the fuelers didnt even make an effort to raise the fuel rig yet and he released button. someone's gonna get demoted.

on another note, am i the only one that thinks imola is one of the worst circuits on the F1 calendar? i'm pretty sure that i didnt see a single on circuit pass today after the opening lap. i almost fell asleep watchin this race today.

[/////AMG]

:werd: I turned the tv off when they had about 20 laps to go.

[Team_Mclaren]

it was indeed super boring, even when they were racing for the win at the end... i felt asleep...

[/////AMG]

http://images.supersport.co.za/mercedes_v8_200.jpg

McLaren are hoping to close the performance gap to Formula One championship log leaders Renault with a new specification Mercedes-Benz engine, which the team is testing at Silverstone this week.

Autosport reports that McLaren hopes to mount a new challenge in the European Grand Prix at Nürburgring next week.

"The engine has got to be proved on the track and the dyno, but it is all about pushing," explained Martin Whitmarsh, McLaren CEO. "On the chassis side as well we have got a few bits of pieces of aero, which we are running at Silverstone, and hopefully those will bring a few tenths (of a second) between them. We are a few tenths behind Renault at the moment, but you also know that when your driver gets close behind a competitor they find a little bit in themselves typically."

Whitmarsh felt that his team should have been able to achieve more than the one podium finish they ended up with at San Marino last weekend.

"As far as our own race was concerned, we have got to accept at the moment that in terms of performance we are not quite good enough," he said. "I think Renault are benchmark, and we could have done a better job. It was a weekend where we weren't benchmark performance. We are close and improving, but not quite as a team performing as well as could have done.

"From where we put ourselves after qualifying the result is okay: we snuck one point from Renault in the constructors' championship and we are second place there, while Kimi is third in the drivers' championship.

"It is going to be a long season and we are going to try to improve our car, engine and package. We are going to win some races and we are certainly going to keep flogging to try to make it an exciting championship."

"You want to have the quickest car but when you throw it away (as at Imola) it is deeply frustrating. We took too long to get our season going last year and we are doing a little bit of that this year, but we will see. Hopefully in the next few races we can bang in a race win and get on form and do the job. We are close but I think I accept that we have got to find a few tenths in our car relative to Renault - taking a few tenths if they are taking a few tenths does not get us there.

"I think it was their race. Fernando Alonso could have and should have won the race, they made a fairly fundamental mistake in strategy."

http://www.superwheels.co.za/default.asp?id=177430&des=article&scat=superwheels/formula1

[habsfan]

that time if the year almost. update time...renault already has a new spec engine that trulli used last weekend, coswort has its spec 2 engine out already, toyota will be introducing their "b" car shortly. hopefully the gap is closed up and we see some competition for the renaults

[habsfan]

Prodrive to enter Formula One

The FIA this morning announced that David Richards' Prodrive was accepted as the latest Formula 1 entry as of 2008. Prodrive was chosen as it has the best combination of financial backing and motor sport experience.

http://www.f1racing.net/en/news.php?newsID=116493

[iceburns288]

Score another for Ferrari:thumbsup:

[SickBastard]

Originally posted by iceburns288
Score another for Ferrari:thumbsup:

Its nice to see ferrari back winning again. I am still shooting for Micheal to win his 8th driver title.

[habsfan]

Montagny to replace Ide

Following advice received from the FIA this week the Super Aguri team confirms that Yuji Ide will not race for the team this Sunday at the Nurburgring. He will be replaced by Franck Montagny.

http://www.f1racing.net/en/news.php?newsID=116894

thank god, he was just dangerous to have on the racetrack.

[iceburns288]

****Spoilers for Euro GP****






Oooohhh hell yes!:D Ferrari pit strategy ROCKS! They pulled an awesome bluff on Renault to make them think they had less fuel than they did and it paid off.

MS is still a great driver! Right when Alonso went into the pits he ran .4s faster than the fastest lap of the race and then ran another lap .01s slower than that one... damn.:eek:

[habsfan]

schumi definitely had the best car under him today kudos to him. wasn't a bad race, fairly enjoyable, good luck for JV, 2 retirements late in the race move him up from 10th to 8th for a point

[habsfan]

wtf was up with alonso's monkey dance at the end of the race there? monaco in 2 weeks :thumbsup:

[HillBilly]

Originally posted by habsfan
wtf was up with alonso's monkey dance at the end of the race there? monaco in 2 weeks :thumbsup:

yeah I saw that. It seemed like there was chunks of rubber flying off of hs tires.

[habsfan]

did anyone watch qualifying this morning? i missed it, but i read that schumacher "accidentally" locked up and parked his car in the second last corner in the last minute of the shootout session while on pole position...

[Alpine Autowerks]

sounds like MS had to come up with a new dirty trick since the rest of thel drivers are aware of the "schumaker chop"

[rage2]

Alonso was going to get pole if it wasn't for MS. He was quite a bit faster in the first sector.

[davidI]

Originally posted by rage2
Alonso was going to get pole if it wasn't for MS. He was quite a bit faster in the first sector.

That was super shady. Alonso was faster in the first sector and even through the yellow flag he managed to pull within .064s of Shumacher's time. Hopefully Schumacher gets schooled tomorrow...which is likely since Massa didn't even post a time.

[lewdvig]

Kind of like Dwayne Roloson shaking off his mask in the NHL conference finals... this is what cagy veterans do.

I was always a Benetton fan and I stuck with Renault because Falvio is too cool, but now that Schumi is the underdog I am cheering for him. If he wins this year I think he will retire.

If he goes out on top it will make room for Kimi. It would be good for the sport to have a Kimi v. Alonso rivaly.

[Evro]

race isn't gonna be covered by Speed :( , instead its gonna be on TSN and there race commentators are horrible - they have great lines such as "He's gonna have to go fast if he wants to win the race" - plus TSN has way more commercials

[Alpine Autowerks]

Originally posted by lewdvig

... this is what cagy veterans do.





?????? If you admire a veteran who uses a corked bat or bites an opponent on the ear or uses steroids.... sure MS is cagey


FIA agrees..from GrandPrix.com

"Schumacher dumped to the back of the grid
Michael Schumacher has been dumped to eighth on the grid for the incident at the end of qualifying. The FIA Stewards decided after seven and a half hours.

[lewdvig]

from planetf1:

Jacques Villeneuve has launched a tirade at Michael Schumacher after the controversial end to qualifying in Monaco.

Schumi spun off the track in the closing seconds of the session, thus bringing out the yellow flags that ensured he would remain in pole position.

"I hope it was deliberate, because if that was a mistake he should not even have a F1 superlicence," Villeneuve raged to Autosport. "If you can make a mistake like that, you shouldn't drive a race car. There's no way you could make a mistake like that.

"It's the kind of thing I couldn't dream of doing myself. I don't know what goes through your mind when you decide to do that, when you know that the rest of the world can see. I don't understand it, it's stupid.

"It shows that you can only give the benefit of the doubt to someone so many times. Sometimes it makes you realise that every time it happens there is a reason behind it.

"He didn't need to do that, he's a seven times world champion, he was on pole position. Why do that? It's only going to make him look bad."

"This is so obvious. When you do something on purpose like that it is very extreme. You should not be allowed to drive a race car when you do stuff like that.

"This is embarrassing. Embarrassing for a world champion. It would even be embarrassing for Ide."

[lewdvig]

Originally posted by Alpine Autowerks




?????? If you admire a veteran who uses a corked bat or bites an opponent on the ear or uses steroids.... sure MS is cagey


FIA agrees..from GrandPrix.com

"Schumacher dumped to the back of the grid
Michael Schumacher has been dumped to eighth on the grid for the incident at the end of qualifying. The FIA Stewards decided after seven and a half hours.

I don't admire this - it makes for good spectacle though. W/O controversy, F1 would not be as fun to watch the last few years.

[habsfan]

i'm so happy to hear that MS had all of his times deleted and is moved to the back. a seven time world champion doesn't just "accidentally" brake too hard and lock up causing a spin. i hope he's very embarassed.

[Evro]

anyone got a recording of the race they wanna send my way...please haha - im soo choked i had to miss it :banghead:

[lewdvig]

Nice to see Red Bull on the podium with DC.

I like Red Bull - they sponsor every form of racing and all sorts of extreme sports that I like to watch.

[davidI]

Yea, Red Bull is awesome!!! I buy the drinks just to support all of the crazy things that they support!!

I'm happy Alonso won...it would have been more exciting had MS been put back to 10th rather than the absolute back of the pack though. I was still amazed at how many places he made it back considering how tight of a course Monaco is.

[iceburns288]

MS shouldn't have spun and blocked, but why was he penalized 20 positions for blocking but Fisichella punished only five for the same penalty?:dunno:

[BigBadVlad]

MONACO: Poor Kimi, poor Webber.... speaking of where the hell did the williams come from anyway? It was just going to get interesting with Webber catching up....

Oh well score one for Renault reliability over the competition.:thumbsup:

Would have been a more interesting race if Schuey didn't get sent all the way to the back...

[l/l/rX]

seeing how i dont have cable tv...is there a website in which i can watch the highlights?

[Ripper]

http://f1.racing-live.com/f1/photos/2006/gpmonaco/diapo_346.jpg
http://f1.racing-live.com/f1/photos/2006/gpmonaco/diapo_348.jpg
http://www.retrospective.us/~daver/vlcsnap-492802.jpg

[Team_Mclaren]

^^ point being???

[habsfan]

the point was probably that the yacht thing was awesome :rofl:

fuck going back to the garage, might as well chill on my wicked boat with my buds and (presumably, since it is kimi after all) have a few drinks :thumbsup:

[Alpine Autowerks]

MS got hit harder because it was intentional and a repeat offence for unsportsman like driving from the "greatest" driver evar...he got off light...I would have given him 3 race suspension for that stunt

[rage2]

Originally posted by Alpine Autowerks
MS got hit harder because it was intentional and a repeat offence for unsportsman like driving from the "greatest" driver evar...he got off light...I would have given him 3 race suspension for that stunt
When it all started with MS... winning the championship in 94 like this:

http://www.virgeweb.com/rage2/misc/schumacher94.wmv

When Senna died and MS took over as the top driver in May '94, I appreciated his driving skills and thought of him as a great replacement for Senna in F1 until this move that allowed him to win the 94 World Championship. Since then I've been anti-MS no matter how great his skills were.

Kinda sad, he has the skills to win all those championships (minus 94) without resorting to cheap tactics. I'm sure a lot of hardcore die hard F1 fans feel the same way.